LeRoy,
Congratulations! And welcome to orbit!
You are accomplishing a lot with you SO-50 contacts because of the very nature of that satellite. It transmits 250 milliwatts(a quarter-watt) into a 0-gain, quarter-wave vertical mounted on one corner of the satellite. I consider it our QRPp station in space.
I'll be listening for you, and I hope we'll get to work soon.
73,
Tim - N3TL
-------------- Original message from kd8bxp at aol.com: --------------
> Haha :-)
> It is at very least satellite science -
> I am putting this one down in my WIN colum just the same
> Based on my past experainces this was 1000 times better -- ok not really a 1000
> maybe 100 times better - the things I have learned over the past three or four
> months has started to kick in I think.
> Wish I could have keep up with the doppler a little better but all is not lost
>> There is another high pass of SO50 tomorrow I forget what time 4pm local I think
> - I am going to try again should be better
>> Thanks, LeRoy, KD8BXP
> Sent on the Now Network™ from my Sprint® BlackBerry
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: w7lrd at comcast.net>> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:48:35
> To:
> Cc: amsat bb bb
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] My first contact - almost
>>>>> Keep at LeRoy!
>> Remember, "if this were easy, everyone would be doing it!" It is after all
> rocket science, well kinda!
>> 73 Bob W7LRD
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kd8bxp at aol.com> To: "amsat bb bb"
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:07:45 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [amsat-bb] My first contact - almost
>> Well thanks to everyone who gave me helpful hints and ideas I did almost make a
> contact today! I know I got into the SO50 today at about 11:10 - 11:11 est
> (local time) I heard some one give my call back and a brief report Unfortuntally
> at the same time doppler shifted on me and I wasn't fast enough to keep up I am
> using a th-d7ag and unfortunally there is not a way to program the odd band
> split in memory (at least not that I have found) so no matter what you have to
> hit two buttons. Anyways I diegress I replayed my recording serveral times and
> think - I think The man who came back to me was ND9M in FM29 (delaware) Which
> would be cool if it was - I was not able to complete the contact - so that
> doesn't really count does it After all of my frustration thou I am still
> chulking this one up to a WIN!! I would like to confirm somehow that it was ND9M
> that heard me So I am posting here :-) Thanks again to all who have helped!
> LeRoy, KD8BXP Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerry
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